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"To the Virgins, to Make Much of Time" is a 1648 poem by the English
Cavalier The term Cavalier () was first used by Roundheads as a term of abuse for the wealthier royalist supporters of King Charles I and his son Charles II of England during the English Civil War, the Interregnum, and the Restoration (1642 – ) ...
poet Robert Herrick. The poem is in the genre of '' carpe diem'', Latin for "seize the day".


1648 text

he's to Setting. That Age is best, which is the first, When Youth and Blood are warmer; But being spent, the worse, and worst Times, still succeed the former. Then be not coy, but use your time; And while ye may, go marry: For having lost but once your prime, You may forever tarry. Reprint of the first edition (1648) of ''Hesperides''


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First published as number 208 in the verse collection ''
Hesperides In Greek mythology, the Hesperides (; , ) are the nymphs of evening and golden light of sunsets, who were the "Daughters of the Evening" or "Nymphs of the West". They were also called the Atlantides () from their reputed father, the Titan At ...
'' (1648), the poem extols the notion of ''carpe diem'', a philosophy that recognizes the brevity of life and the need to live for and in the moment. The phrase originates in Horace's ''
Ode An ode (from grc, ᾠδή, ōdḗ) is a type of lyric poetry. Odes are elaborately structured poems praising or glorifying an event or individual, describing nature intellectually as well as emotionally. A classic ode is structured in three majo ...
'' 1.11.


See also

* 1648 in poetry * " To His Coy Mistress", a poem by
Andrew Marvell Andrew Marvell (; 31 March 1621 – 16 August 1678) was an English metaphysical poet, satirist and politician who sat in the House of Commons at various times between 1659 and 1678. During the Commonwealth period he was a colleague and friend ...
on the same subject * Lady Du Qiu


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